Contributing editor Lenore Skenazy is president of Let Grow, a nonprofit promoting childhood independence and resilience, and founder of the Free-Range Kids movement.
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Rogue CPS Worker Repeatedly Called the Cops on a Completely Innocent Family
Eventually, the family caught her in the act. She now faces a misdemeanor charge.
How Helicoptered Kids Become Hypersensitive College Students
Happy is the child, 8 or 18, who is not constantly afraid and aggrieved.
Are Your Kids on Facebook? Rapists Will Abduct Them, Warns Viral Video
An absurd Coby Persin YouTube video wants parents to panic over nothing.
Texas Judge Orders 19-Year-Old to Marry Girlfriend or Go to Jail
Court-ordered shotgun wedding?
Reason Weekly Contest: Title Miss Piggy's Tell-All Book
Last week's winners revealed.
Mother Shamed for Leaving Kid in Car, 10 Feet Away, in Front of Store Window
Paranoia vs. parenting.
Kids Dig for Worms, Sell to Fishermen. Town Says Not So Fast: That's Illegal!
Better off indoors, eating gummy worms.
Reason Weekly Contest: A Famous Novel Needs a Sequel Title
Last week's winners revealed.
Yes, CPS Is a Greater Danger to Black Free-Range Families
But we're all in this together.
Our Kids Deserve a Free-Range Country
Sen. Mike Lee's addition to the Every Child Achieves Act is a start.
Mom Arrested for 'Abandoning' Kids in Food Court While She Watched Them from 30 Yards Away
Child services to the rescue.
Reason Weekly Contest: Clarify a Sexual Consent Policy
Last week's winners revealed.
Sen. Mike Lee Added a Free-Range Kids Clause to Major Federal Legislation
Gives kids the right to walk to school.
This Teen Had Sex with Another Teen, So a Judge Tore His Family Apart
Same judge, same story.
Fix the Sex Offender Registry: This 19-Year-Old Is Not a Threat to Children
Public shaming, not public safety
Is It Rape to Hold Someone's Hand Without Explicit Consent?
The Princess and the Pea's revenge
Mom Charged With Endangerment for Letting 7-Year-Old Play in Park Right Across the Street
Cops took the kid to the precinct, rather than her house.
Two Parents Weren't Sure How Their Little Girl Fractured Her Leg, So CPS Took the Kids
Another heart-wrenching state-sanctioned kidnapping.
Male Teen Has Consensual Sex with Female Teen. He Gets 25 Years as Sex Offender, Banned from Internet.
Girl admits he did nothing wrong, has asked prosecutor to drop the case.
Reason Weekly Contest: Begin a 'Viral' Moral Panic Facebook Post
Last week's winners revealed.
Trouble Not Over for Florida Parents of 11-Year-Old Taken in CPS Dispute
It's an unbelievable story. But it's true.
11-Year-Old Boy Played in His Yard. CPS Took Him, Felony Charge for Parents.
An interview with two parents who lost their kids... over nothing.
*Updated: Cops, Media Applaud Local Busybody for Bravely Harassing Dad Who Briefly Left Kid Alone
Maybe try minding your own business and not exaggerating the threat to kids in parked cars?
Reason Weekly Contest: Name a Subsidized Sports Stadium!
Last week's winners revealed
Worst School Shooting Drill Ever Featured Actual Hooded Assailant
Terrified kids huddled together
Boy Scouts Can't Squirt Squirt Guns at Each Other and Must Use Goggles
Definitely not helping the uncoolness factor of being a Scout
Man Helps Boy Retrieve Ball. Don't Worry, The Police Are Investigating.
What are they going to charge him with? Attempted kindness?
Reason Weekly Contest: Invent a Trigger Warning for a Children's Book!
Win a free subscription to the magazine
Two Readers React to the Viral Video About Mass Kidnappings and Stranger Danger
Blame bad luck, not bad parenting
Viral 'Social Experiment' Parenting Video Peddles Outrageously False Claims About Stranger Danger
No, strangers don't grab 700 kids every day
Cops Visit Parents After Boy, 4, Takes Off Clothes and Runs Outside
Cops promise "further action" if it happens again
